Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	29.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	117% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '22 at 12:52
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 266 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 731 73% 597 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E272) 2GB CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Lighting 37.4 Reflection 41.4 Parallax 49.4 30% 42.7 fps	MRender 33.6 Gravity 35.7 Splatting 28.5 26% 32.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 231GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1447 1406 1213 1173 1003 1061 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 330 Write 1,178 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 1,217 160% 701 MB/s	4K Read 7.9 4K Write 20.8 4K Mixed 11.1 37% 13.3 MB/s	DQ Read 549 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 388 292% 400 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 353%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 137GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 100 101 102 103 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 20.3 Write 35.2 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 103 38% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 171% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 75%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 486GB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 40 40 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 24.3 Write 21.4 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 40.4 22% 29.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.5 165% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 22.5 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 27.1 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 103%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	384x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	194x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	29x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	96x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	45x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16